God's Table: figs

God's Table:  figs by ric gustafson


The word fruit appears almost two hundred times in God's Word. Fruit appears in the bible on the third day of creation. With the Israelites, came the first fruits. In the Promised Land was dates, grapes and olives. One of the fruits was figs.
Date palms were popular along with grapevines. When you look at a fig tree, it appears fruitless. As you look closer, fruit appears. This first harvest is called a breva crop. Dried figs are more well known than a ripe one. Fresh figs have a small window to be enjoyed. The word for harvesting figs is ' orch' which means light of dawn. Jesus mentioned a fig tree. He was talking about attentiveness and expectation. Jesus's final miracle involved the withering of a fig tree. The tree became fruitless because Jesus said it was so. Jesus wants us to be fruitful for him. Praise God.


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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric